Yes, no, and maybe. Wow, that was definitive! The truth is those are the correct answers. According to what the Bible teaches, one day...

In this post, I want to talk about getting F.A.T. I can hear you say . . . what? Everyone else is talking about how to get thin. Okay,...

“Therefore, since Christ suffered in his body, arm yourselves also with the same (resolve), because he who has suffered in his body is...

Each morning as I settle in to my “tea with Jesus” time I light a candle. I read a book not too long ago that the character in the story...

Here at AZV we embrace as one of our Permeating Values the biblical mandate to make disciples of all nations. We choose, however, to...

If I were to wander the streets and ask people if this was a picture of a church, 100% would say "yes" and yet, 100% of them would be...

There is a lot of fear in our world. Fear of terrorist attacks, stock market and housing crashes, presidential and other elections,...

In 2013, Barna Research (www.barna.org) published a study titled Christians: More Like Jesus or Pharisees? The result was a bit mind...

If you spend any time on the internet, you will find plenty of people who have opinions about who is a false teacher or prophet and who...

Genesis 1:27-28 (NASB) 27 God created man in His own image, in the image of God He created him; male and female He created them. 28 God...

One of my favorite TV shows, back in the 60's and 70's was Mission Impossible. The MI team would receive their mission via tape, which...

I grew up in a church where I always got the impression that good works got you to heaven. In my mind I could see a big scale in heaven...

The disciples were just average people like most of us. They weren’t among the elite in their society, so they didn’t receive the special...

Call me greedy if you will, I JUST WANT IT ALL! I read in scripture that Christ Jesus has inherited everything and that we are joint...

Jesus was the master at teaching from culture. He taught messages from fishing, shepherding, and many from agriculture, as it was the...

Seems to me that much of what is the modern day church in the USA has become all about education. While I totally agree that informing...

Our lives are hectic and full of activity and we can become a bunch of hamsters running on the proverbial hamster wheel if we don’t take...

I’m always a bit shocked when I hear statistics such as 83% of Americans identify themselves as Christians (http://abcnews.go.com/US/stor...

What is church anyway? What is the big deal? Why should anyone care? Is it an organization? A Sunday event that people attend if it’s not...

Am I good enough to get in heaven? That’s what the rich young ruler was asking Jesus in Mark 10:17-27: Now as He was going out on the...